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from devouring them, by some of the means described in the 

 essay on insects, a valuable crop of turnips may be raised, which 

 will compensate for the extraordinary expence of cultivating 

 the pea, which also furnishes one of the most nutritive and de- 

 licious vegetables for the table. 



Among the various modes of planting the garden bean, it is 

 believed the greatest quantity may be raised on a given spot of 

 ground, by planting them ih rows, about eight or ten inches 

 from each other, and the seed in the rows about one inch apart ; 

 perhaps to©, the same quantity of soil may produce rather more, 

 by planting those which are called the poll bean, in hills about 

 eighteen inches apart, and erecting a poll near the hill, frofti 

 five to seven feet high. As there are a great variety of beans, 

 distinguished by their color and qualities, the choice of them 

 will be directed by the discretion and tastes of those who cul- 

 tivate them. When boiled, and mixed with boiled green corn, 

 they make a very delicious sauce. 



Melons. Of this fruit there are but two species. The 

 mellon with a rough coat, and tha*. with a smooth skin. The | 

 first is called the musk, from its peculiar flavoi, and the other I 

 from its thin and abundant juices. Of these there are many 

 varieties. The most approved of the musk mellon species, are 

 gaid to be the cantelope, the citron, the nutmeg, and the Per- 

 sian; and of the water melon, the Carolina, the Maltise, the 

 Candia, and the Chate, or Egyptian. As both of these species, 

 and all their varieties, succeed best in a hot climate and sandy 

 soil, it is obvious that in the colder climate of cur country, to 

 succeed best in their cultivation, a spot should be selected well 

 defended against the north wind, and open to the sun through- 

 out the day. In the most northerly part of our country, the on- 

 ly difficulty in the culture of the melon arises from the short- 

 nessof the warm season, it being but barely sufficient to brin|fi 

 them to maturity ; they cannot therefore be expected early m ! 

 the season without the use of artificial heat, by means of hot 

 beds. But as the best substitute for such means, and to insure 



